{"id":41936,"date":"2017-12-27T11:57:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T16:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=41936"},"modified":"2017-12-27T12:06:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T17:06:09","slug":"global-energy-challenges-can-be-met-if-countries-work-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/global-energy-challenges-can-be-met-if-countries-work-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Global energy challenges can be met if countries work together ~ Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Hugh Holland<\/em><\/p>\n

A year-end report on global energy<\/b><\/p>\n

As 2017 draws to a close, six things are becoming increasingly clear:<\/p>\n

1. Adequate supplies of energy are essential to any kind of a decent life on a planet that will reach 11 billion people by 2100. Energy is essential for the basics of warm shelter, good food and safe water.<\/p>\n

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2. Accumulation of carbon emissions and other gases is acting like a greenhouse over the planet. They trap heat. Since 70 per cent of the earth\u2019s surface is water, most of the trapped heat is stored in the oceans, resulting in rising sea levels, increased evaporation leading to increased precipitation causing flooding and erosion, and more extreme weather events. Fifty-seven per cent of greenhouse gases come from burning fossil fuels, 17 per cent from deforestation, and 17 per cent from food production and waste management. We must address these sources quickly to avoid the worst impacts of global warming.<\/p>\n

3. Global energy demand will increase by about 50 per cent between now and 2100, assuming that conservation in developed countries can offset the need for more energy per person in developing countries.<\/p>\n

4. The world\u2019s proven reserves of oil and gas will be depleted in 50 to 60 years. One can debate the exact timing, but the fact of ultimate depletion of these finite resources cannot be debated. Official International Energy Agency (IEA)<\/a><\/span> data indicates 49 per cent of global oil consumption comes from the USA, the EU, and China and that their domestic reserves would last for only 4.2 years. New reserves of shale oil and gas will be found, but every one poses increased cost and environmental risk. For short-term gain, some politicians and industry executives tend to overpromise the accessibility of shale oil and shale gas reserves. That will cause long-term pain.<\/p>\n

The world needs Canada\u2019s oil because Canada is one of only five countries, and the only stable democracy, that can produce oil at planned rates for 100 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

5. Fossil fuels currently comprise 80 per cent of the world\u2019s energy supply. Renewable energy sources \u2014 solar, wind, hydro, bio, and geothermal \u2014 can make a big contribution, but cannot possibly by themselves meet a 50 per cent increase in global demand while at the same time replacing 80 per cent of the current supply (coal for electricity generation, oil for transportation, and natural gas for heating buildings and food). This has been amply demonstrated by Germany\u2019s valiant attempt over the past 15 years. Increased nuclear energy is the only hope for filling the gap. Some 50 companies worldwide including companies in Canada, Norway, China, the United Kingdom and the United Srates are making good progress in developing new types of nuclear reactors that are safer, more affordable and do not leave behind piles of radioactive waste.<\/p>\n

6. These challenges can be met if we all work together. The new mayor of Montreal says, \u201cWe do better when we work together\u201d. That is true in Montreal; it is true across Canada; and it is true around the world. To reduce extreme poverty and resulting conflict and mass migration, the recent trends toward extremism and isolationism must be quickly stopped and reversed. Perhaps 0.1 per cent of our grandchildren will be able to escape to another planet (caution: it may not be as good as this one), but the other 99.9 per cent will have to live on this one.<\/p>\n

Hugh Holland, Huntsville<\/em><\/p>\n

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